BEIJING, China - A powerful earthquake struck Wednesday remote region of Xinjiang in western China, damaging some houses. It does not yet reported no casualties.
The U.S. geological agency says the quake of magnitude 6.9 occurred 270 km east-southeast of the city of Hotan, at a depth of 10 kilometers. Instead, Chinese authorities say an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 and state that it was followed by a twenty replicas.
The epicenter was in Yutian County, a mountainous region that is several thousand meters above sea level, near the Taklamakan desert.
A magnitude 7.2 occurred in the same place in March 2008, without causing significant damage. Rescuers were on their way to the affected area. more at latest online news
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